instance method before_validation

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Since v3.0.20

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Signature

before_validation(*args, &block)

Defines a callback that will get called right before validation.

“‘ class Person

include ActiveModel::Validations
include ActiveModel::Validations::Callbacks

attr_accessor :name

validates_length_of :name, maximum: 6

before_validation :remove_whitespaces

private
  def remove_whitespaces
    name.strip!
  end

end

person = Person.new person.name = ‘ bob ’ person.valid? # => true person.name # => “bob” “‘

Parameters

args rest
block block
Source
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/callbacks.rb, line 60
        def before_validation(*args, &block)
          options = args.extract_options!

          set_options_for_callback(options)

          set_callback(:validation, :before, *args, options, &block)
        end

Defined in activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/callbacks.rb line 60 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveModel::Validations::Callbacks::ClassMethods

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